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Mav
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Just a small nerd who has her head in the clouds and a lot of interests ✨ 🇵🇸🇸🇩

Swtor ✨ DnD ✨ RPGs ✨ Science ✨ History
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GOOD NEWS! A UNIVERSAL sarbecovirus vaccine candidate has officially started clinical trials! GBP511 is the FIRST vaccine to reach human testing that is intended to protect against MULTIPLE strains of SARS-CoV-2 as well as other related coronaviruses with the potential to spark dangerous outbreaks.
February 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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A tropical storm set off flooding and a landslide in the southern Philippines, leaving at least eight people dead, displacing more than 28,000 and trapping residents in houses in two flooded villages, officials said Friday. https://to.pbs.org/4qWFOzn
Tropical storm leaves 8 dead, thousands displaced in Philippines after flooding and landslide
A tropical storm set off flooding and a landslide in the southern Philippines, leaving at least eight people dead, displacing more than 28,000 and trapping residents in houses in two flooded villages,...
to.pbs.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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Visual of the cold air to come...
February 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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An arctic cold front will quickly track across the Great Lakes, Northeast & mid-Atlantic. Snow showers and squalls will accompany this system with increasing winds & falling temperatures.

Forecast highs Saturday will drop into the single digits, teens, and 20s. The combination of frigid temps...
February 6, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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And it’s for nothing in the sense that it will make us the opposite of safer and more prosperous
We're traumatizing thousands of kids for life. The people behind this are monsters.
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.

She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.

Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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Javier, our CEO, wanted to check in with everybody. He hopes you're doing alright. If not, you're welcome to take a few deep breaths with him and think of something you're looking forward to. Javi is looking forward to the Bad Bunny halftime show ❤️
February 6, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired
February 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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🚨PERSONAL ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

Game dev friends and mutuals! I'm speaking at #GDC2026 🥳🎉! I will be talking about all things community management with the amazing @samanthabeart.bsky.social and I hope you will be able to join us. See links in my bio for more info!
January 27, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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"They bought or inherited aging apartment buildings, hoping to bring home a little extra cash"

... bought, or inherited, whole ass apartment buildings
In a city packed with mighty real estate titans, they are the small ones.

New York landlords say they are at their breaking point as Mayor Zohran Mamdani begins to implement even more aggressive tenant-friendly policies.
NYC’s small landlords say they won’t survive Mamdani plan to freeze rent
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has criticized landlords and vowed to freeze what tenants in rent-stabilized apartments pay monthly.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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Welcome to the rest of your life, asshole.
Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
February 6, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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#BlackHistoryMonth oh my favorite time of year ✨🎀💖

I'm Lanse, Liberian-American Brooklyn-born transmasc who loves shamelessly spreading my 🏳️‍⚧️propaganda🏳️‍⚧️

Yes I'm that one guy who draws that one gacha game prettygirl knight so pretty you think he's legally mine (setting up the courtdate now 🩵)
February 3, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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that's a pristine clapback, well done, 10/10 no notes
FINNEAS defends sister Billie Eilish amid online backlash over her anti-ICE comments at GRAMMYs:

“Seeing a lot of very powerful old white men outraged about what my 24 year old sister said during her acceptance speech. We can literally see your names in the Epstein files.”
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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Honored to have been featured in The Guardian US with Muslim creatives and intellectuals helping usher in a new era for New York City. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
February 5, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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@thenation.com has been a critical voice in the media, amplifying Palestinian voices over the years. Today, the magazine turns its coverage for a full day on Gaza an by writers from Gaza only. Honored to have contributed to this important work! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Ceasefire in Name Only
The language of ceasefire has been repurposed in Gaza: It no longer describes a pause in violence but rather a mechanism for managing it.
www.thenation.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Ya'll we made 31%!!! This is absolutely awesome. I can't even express the gratitude enough to how much this is helping us and so grateful about it. <333 Thank you
January 31, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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In a world heavy with sorrow, we hunger for what sustains us: joy like bread, hope like water, kindness like shelter. Each act of compassion becomes a small rebellion against despair—a deliberate choice to build bridges where others erect walls.
January 26, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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Each time we sidestep a difficulty, we hand it the keys to our kingdom. Fear thrives on our retreat — the shadows we refuse to face stretch and distort until they dwarf the landscape of our lives.
February 2, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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Even in these complicated times, our mission remains simple: we provide free legal advice and assistance to researchers targeted by bad actors who seek to censor, misinterpret, or otherwise silence them. If you or someone you know needs help: csldf.org/contact
Contact - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
CONTACT If you’re a scientist and would like a free, confidential consultation with one of our attorneys, please reach out.…
csldf.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union, citing the fact that their cities are under siege, and saying they need to band together to protect one another.

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twincitiestenants | Instagram | Linktree
The twin cities are under siege. Every tenant needs a union. We are launching a twin cities-wide tenant union. Organize your neighbors. Join the Union NOW.
linktr.ee
January 30, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Workers in the King City area are laying pipes for the irrigation system. It's currently 72° but as the season gets warmer it could reach 110°. "When it's hot, we need to be careful as the pipes get extremely hot and can burn our hands " #WeFeedYou
January 30, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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“It is one of the scariest moments of my life and in my career to know that a fellow journalist, an award winning journalist, a vetted journalist, whose credentials are impeccable, is right now sitting in federal custody for doing her duty.”
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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“They arrested the wrong Don," Jane Fonda said outside the federal courthouse in Los Angeles in support of Don Lemon, who was arrested by the Trump DOJ for reporting on a protest in Minnesota.

www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
January 30, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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My first remarks since being arrested last night.
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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Join the next training on exercising your constitutional right to monitor ICE, CBP, and other federal agencies as they terrorize our communities.

If you missed Monday’s call, attend the next one on Thursday. If you caught it, invite two friends to join the next one: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 AM